Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16

AP/Joel Bernstein

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16 Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died on Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16 Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died on Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56. (AP/Joel Bernstein)

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16 Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died on Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.